Chapter 5: Combining Forms, Prefixes, & Suffixes

angi/o

vessel

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

ather/o

fatty substance

atri/o

atrium

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

heart

corpor/o

body

cutane/o

skin

duct/o

to lead

electr/o

electricity

embol/o

plug

esophag/o

esophagus

fibrin/o

fibers

hem/o

blood

isch/o

to hold back

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

myocardi/o

heart muscle

orth/o

straight

pector/o

chest

peripher/o

away from center

phleb/o

vein

pulmon/o

lung

scler/o

hard

sept/o

wall

son/o

sound

sphygm/o

pulse

steth/o

chest

tele/o

distant

thromb/o

clot

valv/o

valve

valvul/o

valve

varic/o

dilated vein

vascul/o

blood vessel

vas/o

vessel, duct

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle

venul/o

venule

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-cardia

heart condition

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-manometer

instrument to measure pressure

-megaly

enlarged

-metry

process of measuring

-ole

small

-oma

mass

-ose

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-pressor

to press down

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for viewing

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-stenosis

narrowing

-tension

pressure

-therapy

treatment

-tic

pertaining to

-tonic

pertaining to tone

-ule

small

a-

without

anti-

against

brady-

slow

de-

without

endo-

inner

extra-

outside of

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

insufficient

inter-

between

intra-

within

per-

through

peri-

around

poly-

many

pre-

before

re-

again

tachy-

fast

tetra-

four

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond

di-

two